2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 58

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Table 58
Deaths per 1,000 pediatric heart surgery admissions, patients under age 18 (excluding obstetric admission; patients with transcatheter interventions as single cardiac procedures, performed without bypass but with catheterization; patients with septal defects as single cardiac procedures without bypass; heart transplant; premature infants with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure as only cardiac procedure; and age less than 30 days with PDA closure as only cardiac procedure; transfers to another hospital; patients with unknown disposition; and neonates with a birthweight less than 500 grams), by race/ethnicity, United States, 2004

Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic, all races
		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		35.4	1.3	35.0	1.8	35.0	3.5	*	*	36.6	3.1
Age	0-4	35.1	1.4	34.1	1.8	35.6	3.5	*	*	36.1	3.2
	5-9	47.3	10.8	69.1	14.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	10-14	53.9	11.9	52.2	15.5	*	*	*	*	109.3	32.1
	15-17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	35.3	1.8	33.3	2.4	36.4	4.8	*	*	38.5	4.4
Gender	Female	35.5	2.0	37.2	2.7	33.4	5.0	*	*	34.9	4.3
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	Less than $25,000	24.4	6.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	$25,000-$34,999	41.3	2.8	33.9	4.5	51.2	5.7	*	*	44.4	5.5
	$35,000-$44,999	32.2	2.7	35.1	3.7	*	*	*	*	30.9	6.1
	$45,000 or more	35.1	1.9	35.1	2.4	34.5	6.9	*	*	36.4	5.2
Location of patient residence	Metropolitan-large	31.3	1.8	29.8	2.6	29.5	4.5	*	*	35.0	3.8
	Metropolitan-small	41.0	2.4	40.4	3.2	41.5	6.1	*	*	42.3	6.1
	Micropolitan	38.9	4.7	43.3	5.5	46.3	13.6	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	40.1	5.5	33.6	6.3	*	*	*	*	68.4	19.1
Expected payment source	Private insurance	31.8	1.9	30.4	2.3	33.2	6.8	*	*	36.6	6.1
	Medicare	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicaid	37.1	2.1	40.7	3.3	33.9	4.2	*	*	34.7	4.0
	Other insurance	50.0	5.5	54.3	8.3	*	*	*	*	44.6	9.5
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	50.0	10.7	66.6	16.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	26.5	3.1	24.9	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Midwest	39.6	2.5	38.6	3.0	49.4	6.3	*	*	54.3	12.8
	South	37.6	2.5	39.3	3.5	36.7	5.2	*	*	34.3	5.6
	West	34.7	2.7	31.8	4.5	*	*	*	*	40.6	4.4
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not-for-profit	33.9	1.4	33.4	1.9	32.9	3.8	*	*	34.7	3.2
	Private, for-profit	49.2	12.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public	48.2	4.5	47.9	5.9	42.4	8.5	*	*	74.2	14.9
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	34.3	1.5	32.9	2.0	37.1	3.9	*	*	36.5	3.4
Teaching status of hospital	Non-teaching	40.4	3.2	44.8	4.3	27.5	7.5	*	*	37.6	7.6
Location of hospital	Metropolitan-large	29.6	1.5	27.1	2.1	28.8	4.2	*	*	33.1	3.3
	Metropolitan-small	53.5	2.8	54.6	3.4	49.0	6.2	*	*	64.4	9.4
	Micropolitan	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	107.4	22.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	125.7	33.8
	100-299	27.7	2.3	23.2	3.1	40.9	6.3	*	*	32.5	5.0
	300-499	30.8	2.7	29.3	3.8	31.8	7.2	*	*	33.3	5.8
	500 or more	44.1	2.1	46.7	2.7	31.5	5.1	*	*	42.4	5.5

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, diagnosis related group and MDC groups, and comorbidities, and stratified by the Risk Adjusted classification for Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS).

^* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2004. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 23 States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.